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Meet the Ancestors
Meet the Ancestors Ed Dutton enjoys a fascinating memoir My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past . . . by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair. Translated by Carolin Sommer. 2015. Hodder and Stoughton. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amon Goeth, Edward Dutton, Jennifer Teege, Schindler's List
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Gaddafi has the last laugh
Gaddafi has the last laugh Ilana Mercer meditates on unintended consequences When they destabilized Libya and overthrew strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 the U.S. and its Canadian and European allies unleashed a series of events that accounts for the steady … Continue reading
The “right-wing Green” critique of America
The “right-wing Green” critique of America Arguments presented by Mark Wegierski, on the 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day Based on a draft of a presentation for the 2013 Conference of the Polish Association for American Studies (PAAS) (Eating … Continue reading
The Walpole Bay Hotel and The Minnis, Margate
The Walpole Bay Hotel and The Minnis, Margate “You either get it or you don’t”, says the proprietress, with a retro-skirted swish of dress, and a passion that burns for the hotel like a girl for her fairy castle. If you … Continue reading
The Demography of Evil
The Demography of Evil Ilana Mercer demands a “victims of communism” day April the 15th marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Nearly everyone knows about the industrial killing of 6 million Jews, for no other reason than that they were Jews. “Serious … Continue reading
ENDNOTES May 2015
ENDNOTES May 2015 In this issue: An Archduke from Beethoven * Intimate letters from Janacek * A sonata for strings by Malcolm Arnold * Pageant of British music from Chandos. Recorded live in the fine acoustic of St. George’s Bristol, … Continue reading
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Tagged Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven, Janacek, Kamilla Stosslova, Malcolm Arnold, Martinu, Stuart Millson
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Subtracting the self
Subtracting the self Robert Henderson is impressed by a harrowing depiction of dementia Still Alice: Main Cast Julianne Moore as Alice Howland Alec Baldwin as John Howland Kristen Stewart as Lydia Howland Kate Bosworth as Anna Howland-Jones Hunter Parrish as … Continue reading
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Tagged Julianne Moore, Richard Glatzer, Robert Henderson, Wash Westmoreland
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What next in Russia’s “near abroad”?
What next in Russia’s “near abroad”? The Ethnic Conflict Information Centre identifies possible scenarios Ukraine’s modern history has been dominated by its struggle for national identity and self-determination in the face of aggression and outright occupation from its bigger Russian … Continue reading
Marx out of ten?
Marx out of ten? On May Day, Mark Wegierski wonders what remains of value in Marxist thought Karl Marx and his intellectual collaborator and patron Friedrich Engels established a heritage of thought which is said today to be nearly-universally … Continue reading →
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